Manicure tools



June.28, 1955 M. E. FLl-:MING

MANICURE TOOLS Filed Aug. 19, 1953 INVENTOR @M (Z/n/ BY jmemmmm ATTORNEY nited States MANICURE TooLs Margaret E. Fleming, Niagara Falls, N. Y., assigner to ohn S. Fleming, Niagara Falls, N. Y.

This invention relates to manicure tools, and particularly to cuticle pushers, this application being related to the application for patent Serial Number 220,063, lilecl April 9, 1951. Known cuticle pushers are made of metal or wood, and if they are to be cushioned require additional material for cushioning.

An object of the invention is to provide a cuticle pusher which is selfcushioned and made of material inherently not self cushioned.

Another object is to provide such a cuticle pusher composed of a plurality of superposed parallel thin paper layers, the forward end portions of said paper layers consisting of a plurality of superposed parallel single thin paper tongues having rounded forward edges and rear boundaries extending transversely of the pusher, and adhesive means for connecting said paper layers together terminating forwardly at the rear boundaries of said paper tongues, said paper tongues being free of connection with one another and held together at their rear boundaries by said adhesive connecting means for the proper layers similarly to the leaves of a book. Each paper tongue is individually yieldable from its forward edge rearwardly thereof and adapted to bear a part of the cuticle pushing load, the plurality of superposed paper tongues being collectively less yieldable from their forward edges rearwardly thereof and adapted to bear the entire load, which entire load is distributed among the plural tongues, thereby rendering the pusher self-cushioned and avoiding need for the use of raw cotton or other additional material for cushioning.

Another object is to provide a modification or second embodiment of the invention disclosed in said application for patent, functioning in the same manner but constructed differently and having certain advantages thereover.

Another object is to provide such a cuticle pusher capable of being produced in quantity at small cost and discarded after use so that it is more sanitary.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter or will be obvious.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, t

Figure 1 is a plan view of the cuticle pusher;

Figure 2 is an edge view of the same;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the same on an enlarged scale, showing the forward end of the pusher as beveled;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the same on the line 4 4, Figure 5, on a further enlarged scale, showing the forward end of the pusher as beveled;

Figure 5 is a cross section of the same on the line 5-5 Figure 4, showing the central longitudinal crease; and

Figure 6 is a plan view of the blanks.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the cuticle pusher having opposite spaced longitudinal edges 2. The pusher is composed of a plurality of superposed parallel thin paper layers 3, having their adjacent surfaces in contact with one another, the forward end portions of said m@ 2,711,746 Patented June 28, 1955 paper layers consisting of a plurality of superposed parallel single thin paper tongues 4, having their adjacent surfaces in contact with one another, said paper tongues having rounded forward edges 5 and rear boundaries 6 extending transversely of the pusher and opposite spaced longitudinal edges 11, said rear boundaries being constituted by the junctures of said paper tongues with said paper layers as shown in dotted lines in Figs. l, 3 and 6. Means are provided for connecting said paper layers 3 together and for holding them together in parallel with their adjacent surfaces in contact and for holding said paper tongues 4 together in parallel with their adjacent` surfaces in contact consisting of an adhesive 10 applied to the adjacent surfaces of saidpaper layers 3, said adhesive terminating forwardly at the rear boundaries 6 of said paper tongues, said paper tongues being free of connection with one another and bound together at their rear boundaries by said adhesive similarly to the leaves of a book.

The pusher is made from a plurality of identical thin paper blanks 7, as shown in Fig. 6, said blanks being superposed as layers 3 upon one another, said layers being connected together by said adhesive 10 applied to their adjacent surfaces rearwardly of said paper tongues.

Each paper tongue 4 is individually yieldable from its forward edge 5 towards its rear boundary 6 and adapted to bear a part of the cuticle pushing load, the plurality of superposed paper tongues 4 being collectively less yieldable from their forward edges towards their rear bound.

aries and adapted to bear the entire load, which entire load is distributed among the plural tongues, thereby rendering the pusher self-cushioned and avoiding need for the use of raw cotton or other additional material for cushioning. A single thin paper tongue 4 is too yieldable from its rounded forward edge towards its rear boundary to form a cuticle pusher, and too yieldable to be cushioned.

The superposed paper tongues 4 are flexible transversely of the pusher, thus enabling them to be brought into hugging relationship with the transversely curved surface of the finger nail in line with the cuticle hugging said surface. The forward edge S of the lowermost paper tongue is a scraping edge, capable'of getting under and scraping the cuticle from the finger nail while the paper tongues collectively push the cuticle rearwardly. The paper tongues 4 have a constant width transversely of the pusher and a length successively less from the lowermost paper tongue upwardly, the forward edges 5 of the paper tongues successively receding, due to the forward end of the pusher being beveled, thus enabling the lowermost paper tongue to be more capable of getting under and scraping the cuticle from the linger nail and increasing the self-cushioning of the superposed paper tongues, without prejudice to their collective action in cuticle pushing.

The paper tongues 4 are longer than are the paper tongues of said application for patent, being defined by their rounded forward edges 5, their rear boundaries 6 and their opposite spaced longitudinal edges 1i. The longer paper tongues are more flexible transversely of the pusher than are the paper tongues of said application for patent, which is advantageous in cuticle pushing. The paper layers 3 being solidly connected together by said adhesive lil applied to their adjacent surfaces rearwardly of the paper tongues 4, the pusher is stifened against buckling said paper tongues being held down to the finger nail and flexed transversely of the pusher in use. The thickness of the paper layers and the number thereof is subject to some variation. The paper material of which the pusher is composed may be substituted by any other equivalent material. The invention is subject to modifications coming within the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. A self-cushioned cuticle pusher having opposite spaced longitudinal edges, the pusher being composed of a plurality of superposed parallel thin paper layers having their adjacent surfaces in contact with one another, the forward end portions of said paper layers consisting of a plurality of superposed parallel single thin paper tongues having their adjacent surfaces in contact with one another, said paper tongues having rounded forward edges and rear boundaries extending transversely of the pusher and opposite spaced longitudinal edges, said rear boundaries being constituted by the junctures of Said paper tongues with said paper layers, and adhesive means for connecting said paper layers together and holding them together in parallel with their adjacent surfaces in contact and for holding said paper tongues together in parallel with their adjacent surfaces in contact, said adhesive terminating forwardly at the rear boundaries of said paper tongues, said paper tongues being free of connection with one another and bound together at their rear boundaries by said adhesive connecting means for the paper layers, the pusher being made from a plurality of identical paper blanks superposed as layers upon one another.

2. A self-cushioned cuticle pusher as defined in claim 1, characterized in that each paper tongue is individually yieldable from its forward edge rearwardly thereof and adapted to bear a part of the cuticle pushing load, the plurality of superposed paper tongues being collectively less yieldable from their forward edges rearwardly thereof and adapted to bear the entire load, which entire load is distributed among the plural tongues, said paper tongues being exible transversely of the pusher to enable them to be brought into hugging relationship with the transversely curved surface of the nger nail in line with the cuticle hugging said surface, the forward edge of the lowermost paper tongue being a scraping edge capable of getting under and scraping the cuticle from the nger nail while the paper tongues collectively push the cuticle rearwardly. v

3. A self-cushioned cuticle pusher having opposite spaced longitudinal edges, the pusher being composed of a plurality of superposed parallel thin paper layers having their adjacent surfaces in contact with one another, the forward end portions of said paper layers consisting of a plurality of superposedvparallel single thin paper tongues having their adjacent surfaces in contact with one another, said paper tongues having rounded forward edges and rear boundaries extending transversely of the pusher, said rear boundaies being constituted by the junctures of said paper tongues with said paper layers, and adhesive means for connecting said paper layers together terminating forwardly at the rear boundaries of said paper tongues, said paper tongues being free of connection with one another and held together at their rear boundaries by said adhesive connecting means for the paper layers, each paper tongue being individually yieldable from its forward edge rearwardly thereof and adapted to bear a part of the cuticle pushing load, the plurality of superposed paper tongues being collectively less yieldable from their forward edges rearwardly thereof and adapted to bear the entire load, which entire load is distributedv among the plural tongues.

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